Historyk sportów walki i artysta sztuk walki
Posts about police history with special emphasis on St. Louis police history.
Over the next three weeks, I will be releasing posts, which are excerpts from the book I’m currently working on and one from a previously published book. The following unedited story is from the book I’m working on which will be released in the Fall or early Winter 2017. William Rudolph proved elusive after his Independence Day escape from the
Niewiele wydarzeń zszokowało się. Louis lubi linię służby śmierci LT. Sidney Sears w czerwcu 1924. Dla prawie 30 lat, Lt. Sears był uważany za najlepszy strzał pistoletowy na ST. Louis Departament Policji. W 1904, Sears był także krajowym mistrzem pistoletów w Stanach Zjednoczonych. Za kogoś, kto zabił. Sears w strzelaninie był uważany za niemożliwy.
St. Cornelius O’Keefe, funkcjonariusz policji Louis, wykonał niezliczone akty odwagi w swojej karierze. May 26, 1901, O’Keefe udowodnił swoją wytrzymałość i szybkie myślenie ponownie, ratując innego oficera przed podekscytowanym koniem i rzucić ogień. St. Louis Police Officer Joseph A. Gerk patrolled his beat on Eighteenth Street during the morning of May 26, 1901, kiedy
On the evening of June 1, 1879, St. Louis Police Officer Charles Printz was walking his beat near 505 Marion Street on St. Louis’ South Side. Nie jest jasne, czy działania Charlesa Sandersa przyciągnęły uwagę Printza, lub Printz po prostu natknął się na Sanders. Whatever the circumstances, Printz podszedł do Sanders, who had a revolver in his right hand. When
St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond had respect for the “old school criminals”, who plied their trade in St. Louis during the late 19th Century. Jednak, he did not have the same degree of respect for the thug tactics of the “new school criminals”. These criminals made up for a lack of finesse with great violence. Powiedział szef Desmond
W czwartek, Wrzesień 9, 1875, George “Mitchell” Gassert and William Salisbury went to Fred Fisher’s Saloon at the corner of N. Jefferson and Morgan (Delmar today). After ordering drinks, the two young men of unsavory reputation refused to pay for their drinks. Po próbie nielegalnej płatności, Fisher summoned St. Louis Police Officer John Cummings. Officer Cummings, przypisane do
For the Sunday, Czerwiec 24, 1900 edycja Street. Louis Republika, a reporter interviewed St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond about the increasing violence of the new criminal. Później 10 years as St. Louis Chief of Detectives and one of the most noted thief takers in United States, Szef Desmond ubolewał nad rosnącą przemocą, którą widział
54-year-old William Henry Anderson plied his trade as a St. Louis Police Officer for 25 lat. Przydzielone do rytmu w pobliżu naturalnego mostu i drogi Vandeventer, Officer Anderson was known as the “Friendly Copper” by the residents and businesses on his beat. Working the overnight shift on a cold February morning, Oficer Anderson szedł po Vandeventer na południe od
In early March 1873, bare knuckle prizefighter Ned “The Irish Giant” O’Baldwin was preparing for a potential match with Jem Mace, who claimed the World Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Championship. Jednak, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. Walki zawodowe w XIX wieku cieszyły się złą sławą poza granicami kraju
Before he was promoted to Special Officer, St. Louis Police Officer Preston Anslyn responded to calls for service like any other patrolman. On the morning of February 28, 1916, Anslyn was patrolling the area of Franklin and Jefferson Avenues. A citizen notified Anslyn that 30-year-old Albert Kivet was celebrating after his birthday on February 27th. During his revelry, Kiwet zaatakowany